George Mealing Steele

  General Notes:

Judith Carter notes:
We obtained information about George in Tasmania. In April 1829 Georgel applied for a land grant and his father's friend Henry Boden Torlesse wrote a reference. Information was that George was 22 years old and from Suffolk. Torlesse siad that he was a friend of George's father who was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy; that George had a farming background; that George's father had instructed him (Torlesse) to advance to George 600 pounds for development of the land.
So we looked at Steeles in the Royal Navy. We found George Steele born about 1761. (from death information)
Mary Ann Mealing was born 1790 at Reydon -near Orford, Suffok. baptised 17 January 1790, daughter of Jacob Mealing and Ann Woodcock.
Two George Steeles were promoted to lieutenant 1794.
A George Steele was a lieutenant on the Monmouth at the battle of Camperdown 1797 when Edward Bromley was surgeon on that ship at that battle.
The other George Steele died 1805/6 at the shipwreck of the Seaforth.
George Steele married Mary Ann Mealing at Orford, Suffolk 10 September 1807.

Commander George Steele, RN, who had retired 1829 died at Orford, Suffolk 13 April, 1839. Aged 78 - so born c1761.

Mary Ann Steele was in the 1841 and 1851 censuses living at Orford, Suffolk. annuant. 1851 census said that she had been born at Orford. DOB estimated 1791.

Mary Ann Steele died at Orford, Suffolk 1854, March quarter.

Though we could not find a birth for George about 1808 we firmly believe that the George Steele who married Mary Ann Mealing 1807 are the parents of 'our' George Steele.

Judy later added:
"George son of George Steele and Mary Ann his wife late M Mealing was born on the 26^th of June and baptised privately the 21^st July 1808-And-- received into the church the 20^th February 1814 -as was his brother Lawrence Steele"

George married Mary Ann Rebecca Hanslow, daughter of Peter Hanslow and Mary Ann Porter, on 31 Dec 1849 in St Annes C of E, Ryde, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Mary Ann Rebecca Hanslow was born on 3 Apr 1832 in Sydney, NSW Australia, christened on 22 Apr 1832 in St Philips C of E, York St, Sydney, NSW Australia and died in 1890 in Berrima, NSW Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• source. & Judy Carter [joadja32@hotmail.com] who writes:
I see that you have the marriage of George Mealing Steele and Mary Ann Rebecca Hanslow as taking place at Morpeth NSW. I have a copy of the marriage certificate and it states the place of marriage as being Hunters Hill. I am aware that the index to BDM information gives the district as CT - which is code for the Morpeth district.